If you bothered reading the grand-parent's post, you'd find that he or she said that if the terrorists couldn't get the info they need from Google Earth, then they'd have to buy it "from the source" (leaving some sort of record, as the grand-parent post pointed out).
I still think the entire thing is stupid, but there you go.
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That Rocky Horror callback is older than you, sonny.:P
>> And AOL is heavily advertised, so that doesn't apply either > > Oh? How do you think mailing people free samples of your product DOESN'T COUNT AS ADVERTISING?
You know damn well that AOL advertises using more traditional methods (TV, ad-placement in magazines, etc). Ubuntu is barely-known in comparison, and doesn't use any of the above-mentioned advertising methods. (And they both advertise on the web, so the point is moot in regards to that.)
If you're the underdog, fighting dirty is only useful if you don't piss off your target audience. Microsoft don't have to consider that angle as much (if at all).
> 10. Give the gift of Linux this holiday season. If a few burned CDs are too cheap for you, buy a Linux book that comes with the CDs. > > 6. Go to the Ubuntu site - the page where you can order an Ubuntu disk sent to you for free - and fill in RANDOM ADDRESSES. Mystery gifts from the software fairy. > > 1. Go to second-hand stores such as Salvation Army and Goodwill. Find a used computer on sale plugged in and running. Stick Knoppix on it. Reboot it. Walk away whistling. Trust me, I've spoken to employee and customer alike at these places - nobody would ever know the difference!
It's suggestions like the above that make me think half of the Linux/Free Software movement have jumped over from the Evangelical religious crowd. (I'm a long-time user of Linux myself, it's just the above wouldn't particularily motivate me to join the Linux crowd if I wasn't already. More likely the reverse, actually.)
Also, regarding #6... How many people are going to just install something that just turns up in their (physical) mailbox (I'm fully aware that people run anything they get in their email, but running mysterious CDs they get in their mailboxes isn't as likely to happen. And AOL is heavily advertised, so that doesn't apply either).
(And I'm sure the staff of #1 are _really_ going to appreciate it if they find out.)
> - If I have an inch standard, I can go fairly easily down to an accurate 1/32 or even 1/64 of an inch. Without a ruler with accurately scribed gradations, can you measure me 0.396875 cm?
By the same token, I can fairly easily go down to an accurate 1/2 or even 1/4 of a cm. Without a ruler with accurately-scribed gradations, can you measure me 0.19685039 inches?
Same here. I work for an medium-sized Aussie company that has a mix of desks and shared benches, as well as a couple of rooms fitting four desks each for the groups working on a particular client project. It works better than you think, and you end up discussing and brainstorming new ideas a lot more than you would if you were in cubicles or individual offices.
It's also probably the shoddiest, buggiest implementations of Multiple Desktops I've ever seen.
It appears to rely on a hack that sets the all the windows to invisible, removes the windows from taskbar, then re-adds all the windows and taskbar items that belong to the selected desktop. Neat idea to get around the single-desktop limitation, but the side-effect is that the ordering of items in the taskbar is completely messed up if you change desktops.
And there's no easy way to send a window from one desktop to another without minimizing everything, turning on the option that makes the windows from all desktops show in the taskbar, switching to the desired desktop, un-minimizing the window, then switching the option back off again. An utter pain in the arse, in comparison to Fluxbox's right-click -> "Send to..." window menu.
Also, sometimes it just ups and dies (browsing for wallpaper images, usually). Fortunately, when it crashes it re-shows everything so you don't lose anything on the other desktops.
Eventually, all of this drove me nuts, especially at the slow pace at which it switches desktops. So much so that I ended up bringing in my Linux laptop from home and using that instead (I'm lucky that my work lets me do that).
> Why are people using Firefox, well for one it doesn't have ActiveX support! (Okay there is an addon, but almost nobody is using it...)
You might be slightly deluded there. The majority of Firefox users are using because they like the browser (the nifty tabs, or extensions, or whatever), or because they have to for work (web developers and the like).
You're not going to find many people using it because it doesn't support ActiveX.
Funnily enough, there is such a thing as a monitor that's too big.
Personally, I'd prefer two monitors facing slightly inwards rather than the 30" monster. I feel like I have to lean slightly left and right when using different areas of the screen.
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Australia (NSW, anyway) appears to be predominantly MSN. There are still a few AIM users left over from the ICQ days, but you don't see many of them.
If you bothered reading the grand-parent's post, you'd find that he or she said that if the terrorists couldn't get the info they need from Google Earth, then they'd have to buy it "from the source" (leaving some sort of record, as the grand-parent post pointed out).
I still think the entire thing is stupid, but there you go.
That Rocky Horror callback is older than you, sonny. :P
I'm amazed that you use words like "oligopoly", but can't spell simple words like "concert" .
Unfortunately, over here it's usually:
"This call may be monitored for quality purposes."
Nice call, though.
>> And AOL is heavily advertised, so that doesn't apply either
>
> Oh? How do you think mailing people free samples of your product DOESN'T COUNT AS ADVERTISING?
You know damn well that AOL advertises using more traditional methods (TV, ad-placement in magazines, etc). Ubuntu is barely-known in comparison, and doesn't use any of the above-mentioned advertising methods. (And they both advertise on the web, so the point is moot in regards to that.)
> _Heeeeeenccce_ _theeeee_ _tiiiitllllee_ _seeeeezzz_ "plaaaayyyy deeerrrtiiiieeeee...."
If you're the underdog, fighting dirty is only useful if you don't piss off your target audience. Microsoft don't have to consider that angle as much (if at all).
> 10. Give the gift of Linux this holiday season. If a few burned CDs are too cheap for you, buy a Linux book that comes with the CDs.
>
> 6. Go to the Ubuntu site - the page where you can order an Ubuntu disk sent to you for free - and fill in RANDOM ADDRESSES. Mystery gifts from the software fairy.
>
> 1. Go to second-hand stores such as Salvation Army and Goodwill. Find a used computer on sale plugged in and running. Stick Knoppix on it. Reboot it. Walk away whistling. Trust me, I've spoken to employee and customer alike at these places - nobody would ever know the difference!
It's suggestions like the above that make me think half of the Linux/Free Software movement have jumped over from the Evangelical religious crowd. (I'm a long-time user of Linux myself, it's just the above wouldn't particularily motivate me to join the Linux crowd if I wasn't already. More likely the reverse, actually.)
Also, regarding #6... How many people are going to just install something that just turns up in their (physical) mailbox (I'm fully aware that people run anything they get in their email, but running mysterious CDs they get in their mailboxes isn't as likely to happen. And AOL is heavily advertised, so that doesn't apply either).
(And I'm sure the staff of #1 are _really_ going to appreciate it if they find out.)
On top of that, depending on the compiler, True is defined as 0, and False is defined as 1. WTF?
> - If I have an inch standard, I can go fairly easily down to an accurate 1/32 or even 1/64 of an inch. Without a ruler with accurately scribed gradations, can you measure me 0.396875 cm?
By the same token, I can fairly easily go down to an accurate 1/2 or even 1/4 of a cm. Without a ruler with accurately-scribed gradations, can you measure me 0.19685039 inches?
> irregardless of...<snip>
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!
You need to read a little bit of this chap's rantings.
> They're a lot like star atheletes.
Or arrogant pricks that need to grow up. Your call.
> Isn't it ironic...
... Don't you think?
The following applies to the Thinkpad R51, but you might find some use for it:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=205355
Same here. I work for an medium-sized Aussie company that has a mix of desks and shared benches, as well as a couple of rooms fitting four desks each for the groups working on a particular client project. It works better than you think, and you end up discussing and brainstorming new ideas a lot more than you would if you were in cubicles or individual offices.
> Re:Just Plain Stupid (Score:5, Insightful) ...
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> You fucking moron. You motherfucking moron.
(+5, Abusive) - Now _that's_ Panache.
a) My hosting service provides POP3 mailboxes, and I need to use day-to-day when responding to visitors, etc.
b) At work, where we have IMAP + POP3, but no web interface.
It's also probably the shoddiest, buggiest implementations of Multiple Desktops I've ever seen.
It appears to rely on a hack that sets the all the windows to invisible, removes the windows from taskbar, then re-adds all the windows and taskbar items that belong to the selected desktop. Neat idea to get around the single-desktop limitation, but the side-effect is that the ordering of items in the taskbar is completely messed up if you change desktops.
And there's no easy way to send a window from one desktop to another without minimizing everything, turning on the option that makes the windows from all desktops show in the taskbar, switching to the desired desktop, un-minimizing the window, then switching the option back off again. An utter pain in the arse, in comparison to Fluxbox's right-click -> "Send to..." window menu.
Also, sometimes it just ups and dies (browsing for wallpaper images, usually). Fortunately, when it crashes it re-shows everything so you don't lose anything on the other desktops.
Eventually, all of this drove me nuts, especially at the slow pace at which it switches desktops. So much so that I ended up bringing in my Linux laptop from home and using that instead (I'm lucky that my work lets me do that).
> Why are people using Firefox, well for one it doesn't have ActiveX support! (Okay there is an addon, but almost nobody is using it...)
You might be slightly deluded there. The majority of Firefox users are using because they like the browser (the nifty tabs, or extensions, or whatever), or because they have to for work (web developers and the like).
You're not going to find many people using it because it doesn't support ActiveX.
Funnily enough, there is such a thing as a monitor that's too big.
Personally, I'd prefer two monitors facing slightly inwards rather than the 30" monster. I feel like I have to lean slightly left and right when using different areas of the screen.
Sometimes I wish mods would read the post before marking posts as 'Troll' or 'Offtopic'.
... Damnation. I missed the post you originally responded to, and only saw _its_ parent.
... How about we forget the whole thing and go down the pub instead?
> It's from Monty Python and the Holy Grail [rit.edu], ...
My bad, sorry.
By "It's", I meant your parent poster. It looked like you were accusing him/her of stealing the quote from your post.
> Since /. policy is never to remove data, ... ... Unless dealing with Scientologists.
... "Informative"? Did you people even read the link?
It's from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, not stolen from the linked post like the parent seems to imply.
I'm forever finding myself type :wq
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Fortunately, isn't harmful in anything but vi.